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Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. (Sue Misao / The Herald) 12/14/2021

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AG seeks refund for low-income Providence, Swedish patients

Some patients are legally entitled to free hospital care or discounts. Here’s a rundown of who is eligible.

Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., speaks as the House of Representatives debates the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. (House Television via AP)

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Washington Congresswoman DelBene tests positive for COVID-19

Her district encompasses eastern King, parts of Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom counties.

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Inslee directs agencies to cut ties with Russian companies

The governor also urged private companies in the state to consider cutting ties with Russia.

Gov. Jay Inslee speaks to students at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. (Kathy Plonka/The Spokesman-Review via AP)

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Cued by CDC, Inslee moves up end of mask mandate to March 12

Washington, Oregon and California together will lift mask requirements in most, but not all, settings.

Meseret Haile displays a photo of her son Leoul outside her apartment in Bellevue. Leoul, who has special needs, is in a facility in Kansas because Washington doesn't have adequate facilities. (Dan DeLong/InvestigateWest)

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Why Washington ships special-needs students out of state

There are few programs here to help them. Disability advocates accuse lawmakers of shortchanging special education.

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After losing temper, Sen. Liias apologizes to Oregon governor

The Everett Democrat said Gov. Kate Brown “is living in fantasyland” in response to her criticism of a…

Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. (Sue Misao / The Herald) 12/14/2021

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AG sues Providence for alleged failure to provide charity care

Hospitals in Washington, including ones in Everett and Edmonds, are the targets of a lawsuit by the state…

FILE - A person walks near the Legislative Building, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Washington's redistricting commission failed to meet its deadline and on Tuesday, Nov. 16, kicked the job of creating new political maps to the state Supreme Court. The bipartisan commission had a deadline of 11:59 p.m. Monday to approve new boundaries for congressional and legislative districts following the 2020 census. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Reform, penalties settle lawsuits over state redistricting

The Redistricting Commission’s secret negotiations over maps violated the open meeting law, according to a consent decree.

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State to pay $3.75M for death of inmate whose cancer was untreated at Monroe

Had he gotten the recommended chemotherapy, he’d likely have lived to his release date, the lawsuit says.

Legislators work on the Washington Senate floor at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, during debate over a measure that authorizes legislative leaders to terminate any state of emergency called by the governor after 90 days if the Legislature is not in session. The measure passed the Democratic-led Senate chamber and now heads to the House, also held by Democrats, for consideration. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Public to be allowed back in Washington Senate gallery

But they’ll have to show a same-day negative COVID-19 test before they can get in.

Mark Lanegan performs at the Sonic Temple Art and Music Festival at Mapfre Stadium on Saturday, May 18, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

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Mark Lanegan, gruff-voiced frontman of Screaming Trees, dies at 57

He led his band to fame during the Seattle grunge explosion of the early 1990s.

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A review of meaty budgets and the return of Potato Day

Here’s what’s happening on Day 44 of the 2022 session of the Washington Legislature.

People who visited Seattle Children’s Hospital emergency room lobby over the weekend may have been exposed to measles. (Sue Misao / Herald file)

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Snohomish County infant has measles, health district says

The infant may have exposed others at Sea-Tac Airport and Seattle Children’s Hospital.

The Legislative Building is seen at dusk Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, following a session of the Legislature in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Washington Senate, House release supplemental budget plans

Each plan looks toward reducing homelessness, adding social supports for students, and salmon recovery.

Portland police respond, on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, to a shooting in the area of Normandale Park in Northeast Portland, Ore. One person was killed and five others were wounded in a shooting at the Portland park where a march was planned to protest police violence. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP)

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Police: 1 killed, 5 hurt in park shooting in Portland

At the same time as the shooting, a march was planned for Amir Locke, a Black man fatally…

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Langley’s offer of $50K to settle records lawsuits is rejected

Eric Hood sued the city over public records in 2016, 2019 and 2021. All three are unresolved.

FILE - Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks as he gives his annual State of the State address on Jan. 11, 2022, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. On Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, Sen. David Frockt, D-Seattle, said that a bill sought by Inslee that would make it a crime for elected officials or candidates to knowingly lie about election outcomes if those claims result in violence would not be brought up for a vote on the Senate floor because the bill did not have enough support to clear the Democratic-led chamber. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Governor: Masks can come off March 21 in most public settings

They’ll still be required in some places, but Washington is following several other states now lifting mandates.

Former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof speaks at a news conference in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday Kristof is not eligible to run for governor because he does not meet the state's three-year residency requirement. (AP Photo/Sara Cline)

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Ex-NY Times columnist ineligible to run for Oregon governor

Nicholas Kristof does not meet the state’s three-year residency requirement, the court ruled.

FILE - In this March 3, 2021, file photo, with apartment buildings in the background, pedestrians walk past tents used by people lacking housing at Denny Park near the Space Needle in Seattle, after the park was cleared by city workers of several dozen tents. Backers of a measure that would change Seattle's approach to homelessness are appealing a judge's decision that blocked it from the November ballot. The proposal would direct the city to provide 2,000 units of housing within a year and to keep public land clear of encampments. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Seattle-area companies give $10M to fight homelessness

Donors include Amazon, Starbucks, Microsoft, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Ballmers.

The Temple of Justice is shown Thursday, April 23, 2020, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., as Washington state Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments inside — but using remote video technology — in a case that addresses the safety of prison inmates during the coronavirus outbreak. Justices used remote video technology to conduct the court business and distance themselves from each other while broadcasting the arguments to viewers. During the hearing, lawmakers, law enforcement officials, and crime victims held a news conference to protest the release of some offenders. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Washington justices: Animal abuse can be domestic violence

The ruling was issued in the case of a Tukwila man who savagely beat his girlfriend’s dog to…